an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism for the british newspaper, the observer. the dutch siffan hassan and the kenyan kelvin kiptum have won the race for female and male categories in the london marathon. hello, i m rich preston a very warm welcome to bbc news. a growing number of foreign diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartom, as fighting between rivalfactions of the army enters a second week. the uk, france and the us are among those to remove embassy staff under the cover of darkness. the british evacuees are on their way back to the uk, via cyprus. the situation for other nationals in sudan remains unclear. in the last couple of hours we ve seen a french military plane arriving at one of france s airbases in dijibouti said to be carrying european diplomats and citizens. with the latest here s our africa correspondent, andrew harding. amid the bombs and the gunfire in khartoum today, a series of drama
Assistant to the us president. Ivanka trump attends a womens summit in berlin in herfirst engagement after her father took office. How moderate exercise after the age of 50 is the best way to keep your mind sharp. Good morning. Its tuesday, 25th april. Im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Labour have set out their vision for brexit if they win the General Election. The party has been criticised by, among others, the former The Shadow Brexit secretary keir starmer promised labour would unilaterally guarantee the rights of eu residents before talks begin, and prioritise jobs eu residents before talks begin, and prioritisejobs and eu residents before talks begin, and prioritise jobs and rights of people at work. He said no deal with the eu would be the worst possible deal for the uk, and cause huge damage at british businesses and trade. The proposals are scrapping the Prime Ministers current brexit plan, which was outlined in a white paper in february, which envisages leaving
won in straight sets to retain their titles in stuttgart and barcelona respectively. the polish world number one, iga swiatek, beat world number two aryna sabalenka 6 3 6 4 in a repeat of last year s final. while in spain, alcaraz breezed past stefanos tsitsipas of greece in straight sets to win the tournament for the second successive year without dropping a set. quarter final places are up for grabs at the world snooker championship in sheffield. john higgins is currently thrashing kyren wilson. the four time champion led by 11 frames to one before the mid session interval. it s a best of 25 contest. he now has 11 frames to two lead. and that s all the sport for now. now, to an inspiring story about one special london marathon runner. roman kashpur, a ukrainian
team. they are very expensive team. they are very expensive team. when they lose possession, they are a team that gives some space and we didn t use that space because we lost so many balls. the world snooker championship semifinals continue later in sheffield. six time champion ronnie 0 sullivan and four time winner john higgins are all level after their opening session on thursday. despite trailing 3 1 at the mid session interval, the rocket turned it around after the break, finishing with a century for the packed crucible crowd, and the players will now resume in the coming hours all level at four frames each. 2019 championjudd trump holds a commanding 7 1 lead over three time winner mark williams heading into their second session with the welshman facing a huge uphill task to reach his fifth crucible final from this best of 33 encounter. defending champion aryna sabalenka has been knocked out in the first round of
that was after dart won her singles tie against teenager linda fru virtova. she managed to win in three sets. 6-0, 5-7, 6-2. the doubles contest is into the second set, the czechs won the first 6 1. defending champion mark selby has made a good start to his attempts to retain the world snooker championship in sheffield. selby has opened up a 6 3 lead over welshmanjamiejones in the opening session of the tournament, which runs for the next 17 days. ronnie 0 sullivan has started his quest for a record equalling seventh world title. 0 sullivan the top ranked player is facing david gilbert. and 0 sullivan is in a bit of early trouble, he was 3 1 down at the mid session interval. it is first to 10.